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BLÓWAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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BLÓWAN, part. blówende; ic blówe, ðú blówest, bléwst, he blóweþ, bléwþ, pl. blówaþ; p. ic, he bleów, ðú bleówe, pl. bleówon; pp. blówen; v. n.
Wright's OE grammar
§128; §264; §519;
to
BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossom; florere, efflorere, reflorere
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  • Wudu sceal blǽdum blówan

    the wood shall blow with flowers,

      Menol. Fox 527; Gn. C. 34: Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 6; Rä. 35, 9.

  • Wæs Aarones gyrd gemétt blówende and berende hnyte

    Aaron's rod was found blossoming and bearing nuts,

      Homl. Th. ii. 8, 15.

  • Ic eom bearu blówende

    I am a blooming grove,

      Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 22; Rä. 31, 4.

  • Ic blówe

    floreo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 44.

  • Swá swá blósma æceres swá he blóweþ [bléwþ, Spl.]

    tamquam flos agri sic efflorebit,

      Ps. Lamb. 102, 15.

  • Hió gréwþ and bléwþ and westmas bringþ

    it grows and blossoms and produces fruits,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 6.

  • Se rihtwísa swá palmtreów bléwþ

    justus ut palma florebit,

      Ps. Lamb. 91, 13.

  • Híg blówaþ swá swá gærs eorþan

    florebunt sicut fœnum terræ,

      71, 16.

  • Aarones gyrd greów and bleów and bær hnyte

    Aaron's rod grew and blossomed and bare nuts,

      Homl. Th. ii. 8, 18.

  • Bleów flǽsc mín

    refloruit caro mea,

      Ps. Lamb. 27, 7.

  • Ǽr ðon eówre treówu telgum blówen [MS. blówe]

    ere your trees flourish with branches,

      Ps. Th. 57, 8.
blówan to blossom, is sometimes used in Anglo-Saxon instead of bláwan to blow; and thus, blówan was occasionally used by the Anglo-Saxons as the present English to blow. We say to blow as the wind, and to blow or blossom as a flower. v. bláwan.
Etymology
[Wyc. R. Glouc. blowe: Laym. blowen: O. Sax. blójan: Frs. bloeyen: North Frs. blöye: O. Frs. bloia: Dut. bloeijen: Ger. blühen: M. H. Ger. blüejen, blüen, bluon: O. H. Ger. bluohan, bluojan, bluon: Lat. florere: Grk. φλέω, φλoίω to be in full vigour or bloom: Sansk. phal to burst, blossom.]
Derived forms
DER. geblówan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “BLÓWAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4750.

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